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Musica Dei donum

Introduction

Perhaps more common than cantus firmus treatment at this time is the taste for moralizing texts, shown by Musica Dei donum. Appropriately enough given his influences and direct contemporaries, this text is set by Clemens non Papa and Lassus as well as Vaet: an apposite indication of Vaet’s stature as a composer.

Recordings

The vocal sextet Cinquecento are rapidly becoming one of the most admired early music ensembles recording today. Their latest release presents the music of Jacobus Vaet, repertoire they began to explore in their first disc for Hyperion (Music for ...» More